Why is yellow rattle good?
Promoting the establishment of endangered or overlooked wildflowers enhances species richness, attracting more pollinators like solitary bees and hoverflies. Thus, yellow rattle facilitates a self-sustaining, biodiverse ecosystem. Yellow rattle is one of these plants – while it is slightly toxic to horses, like most toxic plants, they avoid eating it.
Can you have too much yellow rattle?
Can you have too much Yellow Rattle? Because Yellow Rattle is hemiparasitic, once established it will thrive as long as there are healthy host plants for it to attach to, however, this will not be the case for consecutive years. A. Cutting Management (see reference #1 Magda 2004). It’s believed that Yellow Rattle seed only remains viable for 3 years. If cutting is scheduled to coincide with peak juvenile height, this can drastically reduce population density the next year and the population can be eradicated within 3 years”.